came to a tragic end, a deadly hit-and-run crash killing carlos thomason and critically injuring oscar rodriguez. carlos was trying to help out his buddy who had run out of gas along the palmetto expressway near southwest 8th street when left for dead. tonight investigators tells they have a person of interest. they have also seized the car used in the the hit-and-run. >> would you say an arrest is imminent? >> i can't say that because the problem we have is that we have to have enough evidence to be able to put that person behind the wheel. >> michael: without an eyewitness or video evidence, it's nearly impossible to make an arrest, but this is just one of thousands of hit-and-run crashes in south florida. in fact, the statistics are staggering. last year in miami-dade county more than 18,000 hit-and-run crashes, 39 reported deaths, an increase from 2014. and it's a growing problem in broward county where troopers investigated nearly 11,000 crashes with 15 fatalities. the amount of crashes increased in just one year. >> if i didn't have insurance -- >> i think a lot of times people weren't are

oscars. what the academy says it is doing. "today in new york" starts now. good morning, everyone. tuesday morning, january 19th. i'm darlene rodriguez. >> i'm michael gargeulo.aichris cimino is here. >> brrr. te dmperatures in the teens. the wind the other side of the story. 17 right now in murray hill, 18 in city island. 17 in staten island. ens in sussex. monticel omlo, 10. bring you the wind and it feels like 5 in central park. feels like 1 out of jfk, zero in funewark. thgaese are dangerous wind chills. below zero from ne burlh to white plains. the sun will heoave a few patchy clouds.i stha windy throughout the day. 24 by noon. forecasting a high only in the upper 20s. let's get the first check on cold tuesday morning. >> yesterday we had a lot to talk about, especially the bronx river parkway closure. i want to update you on that. right now the left lane is closed heading southbound from palmer road to the parkway. the entire road will shunnt down again fortrepairs. clear until 9:00 a.m. i'll continue to keep you upda on that. over to new england thruway, and that blocks the lane. >>> right now you heard chris say it, it isitte

rodriguez is a cuban national and lives in spain. at the metro justice building, claudia docampo, nbc 6 news. >>> coming up, the controversy surrounding the oscars takes another turn. a top nominee weighing in on the so-called whiteout boycott. >> lesson plan gone awry. a florida teacher is in hot water after an assignment that papaents call racist. >>> plus, a monster storm is barrelling up t east coast. an even whiter white house is getting stormed on. >>> for us, the winds will pick up overnight and tomorrow. the last bit of rain across broward. maybe up to a little longer for miami-dade to clear out. when it clears out, it's going to clear out quick. stick around for the numbers. a movie-watching mood. we're going to show you on film >>> send an e-mail to nbc6 you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ >>> here's our everglad park camera. around sunset, it's still pretty gloomy out there. a few raindrops on the lens as well. notice the flags on the boats pic